Relocating can be a complex and emotive process, both for individuals and their families. From coordinating logistics to managing paperwork and ensuring a smooth transition, there can be many challenges.
For the Australian Defence Force personnel, a mobile life is an integral part of service, with military members and their families routinely posted around the country and overseas. To ensure a smooth and efficient transition for thousands of defence personnel each year, the Australian Defence Force turns to global logistics provider, Toll Group.
As one of the top 20 prime contractors to the Australian Defence Force, in addition to relocation services Toll鈥檚 Government and Defence business also provides expertise and support in the areas of Contingency and Sustainment across ports and remote base camps, Healthcare Logistics via the transportation of critical pharmaceutical supplies and vaccines, as well as performing thousands of rescues and retrievals missions each year using one of the largest aeromedical fleets in Australia.
Perry Singh, President of Government and Defence, Toll Group says, 鈥淭oll鈥檚 Government and Defence Business has been supporting critical government and defence industries in Australia for more than 130 years.
鈥淎s a strategic partner for government and defence industries, we provide a broad range of services across logistics, contingency, and sustainment, helping to transport critical supplies and equipment for a range of our government clients.鈥�
The need to shore up cyber resilience
Toll Group has always been a cyber-centric organisation and as a key partner to Australia鈥檚 government and defence industries, it wanted to ensure the company鈥檚 technology systems meet the same regulatory needs as its largest clients.
Increasingly, that means taking steps to ensure that its operations are secure against an increasingly challenging and complex cyber threat landscape.
Singh says, 鈥淲e asked ourselves the question, what鈥檚 going to make it easier for our government and defence customers to do business with us?
鈥淲e knew that cybersecurity was critically important for our largest government clients and that to provide them with the confidence to do or continue doing business with us, that we needed to operate in a secure hardened environment. As we embarked on this programme, we wanted to do so in an accelerated manner.鈥�
In partnership with IBM Consulting, Toll Group embarked on a modernisation and fortification strategy that would enable the business to remain nimble and secure, underpinned by 麻豆原创.
Singh says, 鈥淎s a very cyber-centric organisation, we wanted to modernise and fortify our network and 麻豆原创鈥檚 sovereign cloud capabilities were a clear choice for us.
鈥淎n extension of Toll Group鈥檚 existing 麻豆原创 S/4HANA environment, its strong cybersecurity capabilities also provide us and our clients with the assurances we need to navigate an increasingly challenging cyber threat landscape. Working with IBM and 麻豆原创 together, we managed to deliver this program at speed, in just seven months.鈥�
By leveraging 麻豆原创鈥檚 sovereign cloud capabilities, Toll is now able to reap the benefits of advanced cloud applications in a secure hardened environment.
Amanda Williamson, IBM Australia鈥檚 Business Transformation Partner and 麻豆原创 Service Area Lead, says, 鈥淎s companies embrace a hybrid cloud approach, they鈥檙e also seeking partners with the expertise to help them meet the data and security access required in their local jurisdictions. Our long-standing partnership with 麻豆原创 has helped many companies, including those in highly-regulated industries like Toll Group securely modernise their cloud environments. IBM Consulting looks forward to bringing our expertise to help more ANZ clients benefit from 麻豆原创鈥檚 sovereign cloud capabilities in Australia, respond to today鈥檚 challenges where regulations are changing rapidly and cyberthreats are evolving at unprecedented levels.鈥�
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